Charles Secrétan

Charles Secretan (1815–1895) was a Swiss philosopher. He was born on January 19, 1815 in Lausanne, Switzerland, where he also died on January 21, 1895.

Charles Secrétan
Born(1815-01-19)January 19, 1815
Lausanne, Switzerland
DiedJanuary 21, 1895(1895-01-21) (aged 80)
Lausanne, Switzerland
NationalitySwiss
OccupationProfessor of philosophy at Lausanne and Neuchâtel
Known forFounding/editing Revue Suisse

Educated in his native town and later under Friedrich Schelling in Munich, he became a professor of philosophy at Lausanne (1838 to 1846), and later at Neuchâtel. In 1866 he returned to his old position at Lausanne.

In 1837 he founded, and for a time edited the Revue Suisse. The object of his writing was to build up a rational, philosophical religion to reconcile the ultimate bases of Christianity with the principles of metaphysical philosophy.

Works
  • La Philosophie de la liberté (1848)
  • La Raison et le Christianisme (1863)
  • La Civilisation et les croyances (1887)
  • Les Droits de l'Humanité (1890)
  • Mon Utopie (1892)
  • preface to Le problème de l'immortalité by Emmanuel Pétavel-Olliff (1892)

References
  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Secrétan, Charles". Encyclopædia Britannica. 24 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 571. This work in turn cites:
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